When President Trump started singing a song about the most beautiful word in the English language, Pierre Polievre's march to 24 Sussex stalled. It's now a safe bet that Mark Carney will keep his job as prime minister after Monday's election, but it's unclear how he'll keep his expanded Liberal coalition happy in the years to come. Today, Henry sits down with Sean Speer of The Hub to discuss the sudden turn of fortune for Canada's top two parties. Among other things, they take a close look at the consolidation efforts under both leaders, wonder what's to be done with Quebec, and consider what the feuding forces of progressivism and working-class populism will mean for the future of our neighbors to the north.
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CAP Action's Fight to Fix the Democrats' Attention Deficit
In an era when American politics closely resembles a WWE cage match, strength and flair go a long way. That's why Navin Nayak of the Center for American Progress's Action Fund joins Henry to explain why his party is on the ropes. Navin argues that polished messaging and ideological extrapolation don't cut it in the digital media landscape. Voters like a confrontation, so to generate attention the Democrats will need to take a page from the Bernie/AOC tag team and start making a scene.
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Face Off in the Leopard Party with Kristen Soltis Anderson
Donald Trump is many things to many people, but the majority who put him back in the White House generally shared confidence in his ability to stabilize the economy after four years under Joe Biden. Ahead of Trump's early April tariff declaration, Kristen Soltis Anderson's team at Echelon Insights conducted their monthly Verified Voter Omnibus survey and keyed in on the electorate's views of the president's favorite word and his apex predator instincts applied to global exchange. The duo also delves into the Republican Party's Freedom Conservatism counterweight to consider who's locked in with whom.
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Aprés Liberation Day, Le Deluge?
Trump, Tariffs and an off-season Tuesday: those are the three Ts Henry tackles today in this all-rant episode! We start with an analysis of the consequences of the post-Reagan Washington Consensus and how Donald Trump built a political coalition around his resolute opposition to it. Then, Henry looks into the bet the administration is making while exploring the political ramifications to follow depending on how the global economy’s many actors respond. Finally, he pops the hood on the results of Tuesday’s special elections to gauge the latest so-called “referendum on Trump.”
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Wisconsin’s Cheddar-Infused Supreme Court Race
America's dairyland has a springtime supreme court election that is expected to break turnout records. The ostensibly non-partisan race between judges Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel will determine whether liberals maintain control of the state judiciary, and that's grabbed the attention of the national parties. Henry brings back the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Craig Gilbert to keep tabs on the big money and the stunning get-out-the-vote effort, along with a deep dive into Wisconsin's recent voting patterns, to give listeners an idea of what to look for as returns come in for this extra-sharp, off-season election.
Each week Henry Olsen, columnist and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will talk about the presidential and congressional races with leading political journalists and analysts, people who are out in the field and won't give you media spin. Find out who's leading the pack and who's an also-ran, with Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen.Listen to Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen, along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at Ricochet.com. No paid subscription required.
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